Doug Land

Doug Land, has been showing work around the US since 2008. For the past three years he has been focused on using recycled materials and modern technology to understand our place in the natural world. But what does that mean?  
 
“I think that I can never escape my old skin as an illustrator. I am a sculptor yet, I still find myself telling complex stories with these effigies. My sculptures mimic Nature. I take direct inspiration from the insects, bones, roots and rocks that I find on the ground as I hike. Yet the characters of my stories seem to be Mankind, and the legacy we have created. Right now we are at a technological zenith, and I am struggling to find direct ways of integrating all this technology into my sculptures, while still representing my love of Nature. In this moment, I have turned technology into my apprentice. This pupil does the heavy lifting so that I can make more art. Perhaps tomorrow I will train the apprentice to sculpt for me too. But will this robot assistant care about the bugs on the ground, or the birds overhead? With all our advancement, will we care either? ”

Curriculum Vitae

​EDUCATION                               SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART and DESIGN
                                                Savannah, Georgia US
                                                Bachelor of Fine Arts – March 2009
                                                Honors: Summa Cum Laude
 
SHOWS                                            2015
                                                Installation
                                                “Epiphytic Enchantment”, TCCC South Campus, Ft Worth TX
                                                Installation
                                                “Overwhelming Nostalgia”, RO2 Art, Dallas TX
                                                Group
                                                “Chaos” RO2 Art, Dallas TX
                                                Solo
                                                “Extravagant Rubbish: Aesthetic Forms and Their Opposites”, Ant Colony,                                                        Dallas TX
                                               
 
2014
Group
“The Ant Colony’s First Birthday!”, Ant Colony, Dallas TX
Group
“ArtCon X”, Art Conspiracy, Dallas TX
                                                Group
“iLego”, OmniArt House, Finksburg, MD
           
2013
                                                Group
                                                “ArtCon 9”, Art Conspiracy, Dallas TX
                                                Group
                                                “Texas Rough and Shiny”, Luminarte Gallery, Dallas TX
Juried
                                                “The Little Things”, View Arts, Old Forge NY
                                                Juried - Awarded
                                                “Elements in Balance”, Annemarie Sculpture Garden, Dowell MD
                                                Juried
                                                “Spring Show”, VAST ARTS, Denton TX
 
                                                2012
                                                Group
                                                “TIA Toy Fair and Exhibition”, Maxim Enterprises, New York NY
                                                Group
                                                “12x12 Exhibition and Silent Auction”, PAAM, Provincetown MA
                                                Group
                                                Small Works, PAAM, Provincetown MA
                                                Member’s Open: Portraits, PAAM, Provincetown MA
                                               
                                                2010
                                                Group
                                                “12x12 Exhibition and Silent Auction”, PAAM, Provincetown MA
 
                                                2009
                                                Group
                                                “Threaded Perception”, SCAD, Savannah, GA
                                               
                                                2008
Juried   
                                                “Things With Wings”, SCAD, Savannah GA
                                                Juried- Awarded
                                                “Foundation Show”, SCAD, Savannah GA     

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